For so long, I tried to keep myself away. I thought The Vampire Diaries would be a cheesy romp made for middle schoolers. While that’s certainly true, that doesn’t make it any less entertaining and amazing. If you’re a fan of old school WB shows, smoking hot men, and love triangles, quadrangles, and pentagons, this is the show for you. Before you worry that people will judge you based on having the Netflix queue of a 13-year-old girl, you need to know that Ian Somerhalder’s eyebrows make every moment worth it. Here’s why your next Netflix binge has to be The Vampire Diaries.
1. Literally everyone dies (spoiler alert).
Vampire Diaries is what True Blood should have been. There’s all the glory and gore, but a little bit less hot vamp business time, unfortunately. These vampires could give the Game of Thrones cast a run for their money. The second you even think of becoming attached to a ridiculously attractive character, they bite the (wooden) bullet.
2. The werewolves are all hard 10 smoke shows.
Why are werewolves always smoking hot white trash? It’s a law, basically. Whether it’s True Blood or Twilight, it’s a 100% guarantee that the werewolves will be mega trashy, and obscenely good looking. When it comes to Vampire Diaries and The Originals, the werewolves all live out in the bayou, and they all look like that regrettable guy you hooked up with at the bar last weekend. Becoming a werewolf might be wildly uncomfortable, but who cares when it guarantees that you’ll be gorgeous?
3. Ian Somerhalder’s expressive eyebrows deserve a show of their own.
Ian Somerhalder might be a miniature man (they try to disguise his status with sky high boots), but that doesn’t take away from his facial features, which are nothing short of perfection. Who needs to learn how to act when they have eyebrows like Ian’s? They say everything for him. Who green lit The Originals? There needs to be a show that only features Ian Somerhalder’s eyebrows. I’d watch.
4. Caroline Forbes is one of the greatest characters on television.
When Caroline’s first introduced, it seems like she’s going to be a basic b. The type of perfect, boring, “popular girl” that’s on every CW show ever. Instead, Caroline becomes the coolest vamp in Mystic Falls (I mean, there’s not much competition). She’s sassy, sweet, and about a hundred times cooler than Elena, who has nothing going for her other than good hair (sometimes) and Damon, when he’s not being a douchebag/murderer.
5. There’s scorching chemistry between Ian’s eyebrows and the pregnant girl from Degrassi.
Ian Somerhalder’s eyebrows dated Nina Dobrev (of Degrassi fame IRL), which makes for solid television watching. Don’t feel like Tinder-ing tonight? Turn to your favorite vamps, instead, for all the romance you could ever ask for. It takes them about a hundred years to MO because she’s spending too much time putting her mouth on the milquetoast basic of a man Stefan, but when it happens, it’s make out equivalent of the hearts in eyes emoji.
6. The dudes are never the strongest (but they try so, so hard).
On most CW type shows, the men are always the terrifying ones. Using this vampire folklore, if you’re a gent vamp that doesn’t mean anything. It’s all based on how long you’ve been alive, which means that some of these girls are butt kicking Buffy style. Even better, when it comes to equality? There’s no talk of v-cards on Vampires. On every other WB/CW show, there’s a serious (seriously awkward) discussion that happens about the main female character losing her virginity. On Vamps, not only do they bypass that, Elena hooks up with brothers. How’s that for hardcore?
